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Family violence, gangs and drugs drove Ben Purua into a life of crime. Working on a prison farm changed everything.

Media Release: The winner of this year’s Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award for dairy is Quinn Morgan.

The other two finalists were Anahera Hale, 26, who is working as the second-in-charge farm assistant on Rod and Jackie McPherson’s dairy farm near Whakatāne, where they winter about 360 cows; and Ben Purua, also 26, who is working as the second-in-charge for a contract milker at Trinity Lands farm, near Tokoroa in the South Waikato, which milks 900 cows. The Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award was first held in 2012 and is designed to recognise talented up-and-coming young Māori farmers and growers, and to encourage young Māori to make farming a career choice. Judge Aaron Hunt said Qu...

'You can make it out': From South Auckland gangster life to promising Waikato farming career 14 May, 2021 12:00 AM 6 minutes to read Ahuwhenua Trophy Young Māori Farmer Award finalist Ben Purua, with his wife Nikki, at Waikeria Prison where he served a prison sentence for manslaughter. Photo / Dean Taylor Ahuwhenua Trophy Young Māori Farmer Award finalist Ben Purua, with his wife Nikki, at Waikeria Prison where he served a prison sentence for manslaughter. Photo / Dean Taylor Dean Taylor is editor of the Te Awamutu Courierdean.taylor@nzme.co.nz Tonight, Ben Purua will stand on the stage at ...

Council blasts farmers who 'let the side down' after raft of convictions for unlawful effluent discharge Newshub 18/01/2021 © Provided by Newshub Waikato Regional Council has blasted farmers who "continue to let the side down", after a number of recent court cases resulted in convictions for unlawfully discharging farm effluent. Seven separate cases against Waikato farmers and businessmen resulted in convictions and fines totalling $318,025, the council said in a statement. Sentencing for the cases took place over the past three months, with the final case being made public on Monday. The...